SEO destroyed Google for SEO’s

well I’m a SEO, so I should know and this is how the internet was destroyed.

Quite a few years ago now before I became the SEO I am, I used to be like everyone else, I would go to a Search Engine, type in what I wanted clicked a few blue links and either bought something or was informed about what I was searching for, it used to take a few seconds and I was Happy, But today things are so different.

So now when I search, I still click a few blue links but do I buy or get informed NO.. I look at the links on the page I have just landed on, but I don’t see them as links, I see NoFollow and Followed links, if I landed on a page with five links and 1 is followed and the rest aren’t , I think that the followed link was a purchased link or just part of this webmasters network ( I would spend 10 – 20 minutes to prove that ) and the nofollow links are affiliate link or just wasted links. and if it was a high pagerank blog, omg I need check to see if the comments are followed or not ..

but it gets worse I have to find the H1 then copy it, and see if page ranks #1 in Google for that phrase then I start deleting words to see how it ranks for shorter tail version of it’s H1, so what’s that all about, I have even found myself shouting at my laptop, can’t you see that the Title and H1 are not SEO synchronised what is this webmaster doing….

But it doesn’t stop there I have an IP to country plugin to show me where the site is hosted, so that I can also check to see if the page I have just found also ranks just as well in the local Serps.. why I have found the page already, just Buy something or be informed I hear myself say, obviously if the site is ranking well for long and short tails queries, in both .com and localised search then have to check the back links out, I have to find the authority links. but by the time I have done all this seriously, I have forgot what I was looking for or why I was searching in the first place, but hell I know why that page was ranking so well..

Then I remember what it was I looking for, not to fall into the same trap I use a different keyword phrase, and sure enough I hear myself swearing under my breath #1 the WIKI the next 3 sites are MFA’s or comparison sites, so I get on my MSN messenger ping a friend and ask them !! and that’s why SEO destroys the internet

David Naylor

David Naylor, more commonly known as DaveN, started working in the SEO industry in it's infancy, starting with three major corporations releasing their database driven data, creating internal link structures and improving usability.

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12 Comments

DazzlinDonna - http://www.dazzlindonna.com/blog/

I do believe that’s the funniest post you’ve ever written. Funny…and tragic, all at the same time. 😀

Mubin - http://www.mubinahmed.com

its sad because its true. Damn you SEO’S

Skitzzo - http://www.seorefugee.com

At first, I loved this post. I had confirmation that I’m not the only one that does this sort of thing. There are others like me.

Then I became incredibly sad – if someone who’s been at this game as long as Dave has still does this, there’s really no hope for me…

Tom Reitz - http://www.seo9oneone.com

WOW. That is exactly how I started about 5 years ago… I thought it was just me. I ‘d see a page and think “THAT is a fake page” then “WHY does it rank so high?” and people around me would ask, “HOW do you know it is a fake page?” And I wouldn’t be able to answer. SO then I sat down and tried to figure it out. What was it about that page that I could tell so quickly that it was webspam? I am still not as cynical as this though. There are plenty of niches still left for long tails…

SEM Company - http://www.pragmites.com

True the situation seems to be a little sad but not hopeless…cheer up guys 🙂

Maurice

yeh it was those damm kids and there crappy TCP/IP stack it was all much prure with ISO 🙂

john andrews - http://www.johnon.com

Search doesn’t work for things you want to buy. Just go to newegg or whatever directly.

For information, all the sort queries are taken but you can do well with long queries.

“how to open cabinet sears kenmore topload washer” – 3rd one showed the “hidden” spring clips. My son is rebuilding an ex-corporate notebook. “show me which screws to remove to open toshiba te2000 to change memory” gave the picture he needed right away. “why does it rain so much in seattle” returned the exact answer, etc etc etc.

Google is the new AskJeeves: 2 page sof ads, and a query interface that likes long winded questions.

Tim Hawkins - http:/www.webmarketingadvisor.com/SEO-blog

Two pieces of advice. Firstly if you find SEO that frustrating maybe you should quite while your ahead. Secondly if you find Google frustrating why not switch to Yahoo?

Then I guess a thank you is in order Dave. You are the king of buying SERP’s. Those are those little ‘blue things’ you expect to deliver.

GaryTheScubaGuy

Jim - http://www.msn3chk.com

It is funny. I was just having this conversation yesterday with a friend of mine. Google is becoming less and less relevant to our searches because of SEO’s. But the questions is how do they fix it? Who is to say that a search for “dogs” should bring up a blog or nextdaypets.com?

I think that the next waive of search engines are going to be way smarter blocking out spam and hopefully being more relevant.